Verse 20
1 Samuel 15:20
Literal Standard Version
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And Saul says to Samuel, “Because—I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I go in the way which YHWH has sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and I have devoted Amalek;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ בְּ/ק֣וֹל יְהוָ֔ה וָ/אֵלֵ֕ךְ בַּ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחַ֣/נִי יְהוָ֑ה וָ/אָבִ֗יא אֶת אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְ/אֶת עֲמָלֵ֖ק הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי
English Translation
And Saul said to Samuel, "I have heeded the voice of the LORD and gone the way the LORD sent me, and I have brought Agag, the king of Amalek, and Amalek I have utterly destroyed."
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Chapter 15 Context
1
And Samuel says to Saul, “YHWH sent me to anoint you for king over His people, over Israel; and now,...
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Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for...
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Now go, and you have struck Amalek, and devoted all that he has, and you have no pity on him, and ha...
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And Saul summons the people, and inspects them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thou...
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And Saul comes to a city of Amalek, and lays wait in a valley;
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and Saul says to the Kenite, “Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume you w...
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And Saul strikes Amalek from Havilah to your going to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,
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and he catches Agag king of Amalek alive, and he has devoted all the people by the mouth of the swor...
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and Saul has pity—also the people—on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the...
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10
And the word of YHWH is to Samuel, saying,
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“I have regretted that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he has turned back from after Me, and he...
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12
And Samuel rises early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, “Saul has...
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13
And Samuel comes to Saul, and Saul says to him, “Blessed are you of YHWH; I have performed the word...
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14
And Samuel says, “And what is the noise of this flock in my ears—and the noise of the herd which I a...
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15
And Saul says, “They have brought them from Amalek, because the people had pity on the best of the f...
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16
And Samuel says to Saul, “Desist, and I declare to you that which YHWH has spoken to me tonight”; an...
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17
And Samuel says, “Are you not, if you are little in your own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? And...
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and YHWH sends you in the way, and says, Go, and you have devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fo...
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and why have you not listened to the voice of YHWH—and fly to the spoil, and do evil in the eyes of...
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And Saul says to Samuel, “Because—I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I go in the way which YH...
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and the people take of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sac...
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And Samuel says, “Has YHWH had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in listening to the voic...
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for rebellion is as a sin of divination, and stubbornness is as iniquity and teraphim; because you h...
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And Saul says to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I passed over the command of YHWH, and your words; beca...
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and now, please bear with my sin, and return with me, and I bow myself to YHWH.”
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And Samuel says to Saul, “I do not return with you; for you have rejected the word of YHWH, and YHWH...
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And Samuel turns around to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is torn!
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And Samuel says to him, “YHWH has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and given it to your ne...
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and also, the Preeminence of Israel does not lie nor relent, for He is not a man that He should rele...
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And he says, “I have sinned; now please honor me before the elderly of my people and before Israel,...
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And Samuel turns back after Saul, and Saul bows himself to YHWH;
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and Samuel says, “Bring Agag king of Amalek to me,” and Agag comes to him daintily, and Agag says, “...
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33
And Samuel says, “As your sword bereaved women—so is your mother bereaved above women”; and Samuel h...
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34
And Samuel goes to Ramath, and Saul has gone to his house—to Gibeah of Saul.
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And Samuel has not added to see Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and YH...
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